[Python-Dev] Showstopper in import?

[Skip Montanaro]

    MAL> Even though I agree that "from x import *" is bad style, it is
    MAL> quite common in testing code or code which imports a set of symbols
    MAL> from generated modules or modules containing only constants
    MAL> e.g. for protocols, error codes, etc.

In fact, the entire exercise of making "from x import *" obey __all__ when
it's present is to at least reduce the "badness" of this bad style.

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